A weekend feature which takes a fine-toothed comb over the week that was, hoping to point your eyes in the direction of news, features, videos and reviews worthy of your time.

What an odd week it's been. The Wii U finally hit UK stores today, but news of the forgotten Wii being re-released in a smaller, sexier form has seen Nintendo's hardcore squelching through more moisturiser than frustrated boys watching I'm a Celebrity. The Wii Mini is available exclusively in Canada – for this year at least – and jokes aside does look pretty cool. What a shame the unit doesn't support internet services such as WiiWare and Virtual Console.

Nintendo is ready for the fight though, with Reggie 'Crazy Fils(mewithjoy)-Aime telling rivals that to compete they'll have to do more than create amazing visuals. I don't know about that Reggie. This generation is getting pretty old in the tooth now, and I'd argue there are plenty of gamers ready to lay down £300 for a significant visual leap – let's just hope Microsoft and Sony can deliver.

Be sure to listen to the latest hilarious edition of The VideoGamer.com Podcast which is packed full of stories from Tom's time in Mexico. Once you're done with that – or before if you like it that way – check out the 10th and final episode of Disc Lickers.

Look out for something very exciting next week, when I'll republish this article, only in miniature and with fewer words.